Richmond, Va. Barges with African Americans on the Canal; ruined buildings beyond
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Coordinates 37.537520, -77.439796
Direction 257° (W)
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Source:
Library of Congress
Collection:
Civil War
Date:
1865.
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from collection)
Description:
1 negative : glass, wet collodion. | Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Photograph shows African American refugees on a boat with household belongings. Subjects: united states, transportation, wet collodion negatives, civil war, richmond (va.), african americans, history, virginia, richmond, canals Locations: virginia, richmond, united states Notes: Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0484 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Creator, Alex. Gardner. File print in LOT 4162-D. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.cwp Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress). Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865.
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By:
mhpob
Date:
Feb 3, 2026
Total:
1 submission
Confidence:
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Notes:

Might be from the bridge at 7th and Cary that can be seen in the 1835 and 1858 maps, looking at the bridge near 5th and Arch that let to the Armory. I think is the white bridge in the distance that can also be seen in #7426.

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Georeferenced by mhpob
Feb 3, 2026 8:22 AM
37.537520, -77.439796
257°
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Might be from the bridge at 7th and Cary that can be seen in the 1835 and 1858 maps, looking at the bridge near 5th and Arch that let to the Armory. I think is the white bridge in the distance that can also be seen in #7426.

Comment by mhpob
Feb 3, 2026 8:32 AM

This location can be seen in #7348

Comment by mhpob
Feb 4, 2026 7:19 AM

I meant 7th and Canal, not 7th and Cary.